Posted on 05/12/2019 12:41:42 PM PDT by Libloather
A bird that had previously gone extinct came back to life thanks to a rare evolutionary process known as "iterative evolution."
The white-throated rail bird can presently be found on the island of Aldabra. Early fossils of the bird suggest it lived there thousands of years ago and died out because it could not fly to higher ground when rising sea levels threatened its safety. But thanks to "iterative evolution," which evolves similar body parts due to genetics from a similar ancestor, the bird came back from the dead.
**SNIP**
In order to make the determination that the extinct bird had evolved thanks to iterative evolution, they looked at fossils from 100,000 years ago, after sea-levels began to fall off during the last Ice Age. Upon inspecting the fossils, the wing bone showed "an advanced state of flightlessness," while the ankle bone showed properties that would suggest it was evolving towards flightlessness.
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FWIW, Right now I’m listening to Lynryd Skynyrd’s “Freebird”
It’s Frickin Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY
He aint extinct hes pining for the fjords!
So, when can we expect t-rex to wander down Main St., USA?
Que Homer Simpson; “it coullldd haaapppennn”...
Should’ve put it in ‘beaking news’.
Two Wrecks twaddling down Main.
Yea, if you spell Gull-ible STUPID
A recessive gene concentrated in a isolated population.
That’s great news! Now how do they taste?
“A bird that had previously gone extinct came back to life”
Do they have to be on fire to qualify as a phoenix bird?
Lurkinanloomin is trying to be a killjoy with that “Or they never were extinct” stuff. How can we have a totally cool ‘came back from the dead’ story that way?
First company that makes a pill that gives ya the ability to grow gills or an extra brain lobe is gonna make a killing. There are hugh flocks of birdbrains around.
Ha haaaaaaa! Surrrrrrrre it did. Welp, so much for the Endangered Species Act.
Wait, wait, wait. What did it re-evolve from?
I know, Respect for the dead, undead, nearly dead, soon to be dead, thought they were dead and I’d still like to kill them if you don’t mind, seems extinct on this thread.
What’s a Freeper to do?
Exactly.
Just for fun
A Muslim got his prophet busted Sahih Muslim, 1406
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avsv3PV6hgY
It’s a live beat down of Islam.
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>>But thanks to “iterative evolution,” which evolves similar body parts due to genetics from a similar ancestor, the bird came back from the dead.
So when are the dinosaurs coming back thanx to global warming?
>> If they could not fly, presumably they could walk, else they’re little more than an entree laying on the beach.
Take away the trees and the birds
All have to sit upon the ground, uum
Take away their wings and
The birds will have to walk to get around
And take away the bird baths
And dirty birds will soon be ev’rywhere
Take away their feathers and
The birds will walk around in underwear
Take away their chirp and the
Birds will have to whisper when they sing
And take away their common sense and
They’ll be headed southward in the spring
Oh remember my darling
When spring is in the air
And the bald headed birds
Are whisp’ring ev’rywhere
You can see them walking
Southward in their dirty underwear
That’s Tennessee Bird walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-OrVQaqkg0
“Early fossils of the bird suggest it lived there thousands of years ago and died out because it could not fly to higher ground when rising sea levels threatened its safety.
Apparently it couldn’t walk either let alone fly, Glued in place, it couldn’t survive, Imagine that! You would need a vivid imagination to believe this story. College Campuses are outraged!
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